Well it is now the rainy season! Its wet and humedo! The bugs and monkeys are coming out like crazy, Brooklyn is so happy with the lightning bugs, she has her jar ready to get one. Its been beautiful to see the lightning hit the ocean at night, and its amazing to see how much rain comes down too... we have an area on our deck we have to put a bucket under and it takes no time to fill up. Also exciting highlight for me last Friday we took Irene to a beach up north a bit and spent the day with some ones from the states that are here on vacation. We surfed and I got up!!!! I rode a a few waves, I couldn't believe it! Finally! I got up and couldn't believe I was standing, then I did it again, and again, like four times, I am hooked! It was awesome. I really wanted to be a good surfer before I came home but its hard with only having the car half a week, and when we do have it we need to be out in service. So not as much time for surfing. I will try to get a picture up on the blog of me surfing before we leave.
We have a friend here Irene, she is awesome helps me so much with the kids and cooking and so supportive with our preaching work in Spanish. It's so nice to have a girlfriend here from the states to talk to, and who knows what its like were we live, and she now see's first hand how hard it can be here in Costa Rica and/or any were out side of the states. She also makes me realize even more how much I miss all my friends back home. She translated for me last week so I could say more then usual and share many scriptures and it felt great to have her help so I didn't need to think about the language but only about the what to say to reach people, oh I miss service like that, only thinking about your presentation not how to say it! But who am I kidding! I love it!
We had ran into a guy last week I thought looked so familiar then it hit me so I turned around and said,"usted CarneSeria guy?!", he said "si"! and came up to us on his moto I get my meat from him in town and had witnessed to him a bit just telling him what we are doing here but this day with Irene I was able to tell him a little more and give him the new mag on Jesus Christ, he said how important this is and what we are doing, so I read to him also Matt 28:19 and told him exactly what we are doing here because of what Jesus had commissioned. I'm looking forward to having another informal conversation with him this week.
Whooo Hoooo on the surfing! Totally impressed - now make sure you post that pic!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics of the kids in that tree & you and your pal.
Miss ya!!! Three weeks is NOTHING! YAAAAAY - it's totally time you came home.
Hey! I just did a close up of the kids in the tree and I'm thinking I'm seeing MONKEYS just a bit in the distant in the trees?? THAT close?? Crazy. You are living national geographic.
ReplyDeleteI see the monkeys too!!! Thanks for pointing that out Bunny. How fun to play in the trees like a monkey! We are all so excited to see you soon. Congratulations for successfully surfing. Must have been an awesome feeling. Enjoy the next few weeks. Look forward to getting more pics before you leave. Love you.
ReplyDeleteHi Dave, Amber, And Kids!
ReplyDeleteYour experiences have been exciting to read about! We sure are missing you guys here. Thumbs up on the surfing! Maybe I'll try that in the new world. Love all the pics you've posted. You'll all have so much to tell about when you get back! And We will be "all-ears",I am so happy that you all had the opportunity for such wonderful experiences! Thank you for sharing such spiritually up-lifting and exotic accounts of your daily happenings. We'll be glad to see your beaming faces when you return!
Your Sister, Joyce P.
OMG!!! You surfed??!?! That is so awesome!! Of course, it won't mean much when you get back to Oregon unless you like 20 degree ocean water... LOL. That is so cool, tho'. I am scared to death at the idea of surfing. I'll stick to my rafting... A little safer for me. I can't believe you will be home in a few weeks. I hope Oregons not a big disappointment after your wonderfully spiritual adventure! We'll try to keep things exciting for ya! I know your family will want to spend time with ya when you get back but let us know when you're not overwhelmed and ready for us!! I love that pic of you, Amber. You are positively glowing! You look so happy!! Have a great next few weeks and a safe trip home and we'll see ya soon! Love ya!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the tree picture. It's my screen saver! We can hardly wait for you to come home, its almost all we talk about these days.
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